Ruger Mark II Slab Side

I had a buddy call me this week saying his father had a Ruger MKII for sale. I told him i may be interested in it and called his father. He told me it was a blued 5.5" MKII target slab side with red dot scope he had bought from a friend but never fired it.

I've done a little searching online, but cant seem to find much on this model and i can't find a blued slab side MKII in my blue book. He told me he thought it was a dealer exclusive. My question is this model hard to come by? Also is there much of an accuracy advantage on a 6 7/8" barrel over the 5.5? This is going to be a plinker/squirrel pistol.

Those are great little guns. If you can get a good price, you won't be disappointed.

He wants $300 for the package, i am really wanting stainless but for that price i am very interested. He is retired from the army, and takes very good care of his firearms. He told me he would put it around 95%.

Dealer Exclusive

It is definately a dealer exclusive. Ruger only produced the MKII slabside in a 6 7/8 stainless barrel that showed up in the catalogs.. But it came with 1 of 2 different scope mounting options. The one you are going to look at should have had a special set of grips also. They would be slightly different than what the factory guns came with.

at $300, it's a good deal whether or not, but would be cool if it was a Lipsey

I just called his son and he told me that the trigger isn't gold so it's not a Lipsey but he is bringing it over to the house tonight for me to look at. No box and only one mag, but i still think it's well worth the money as long as it's in the shape he says its in.